Arboricultural Officer

**Full**
**Time, Fixed**
**Term until 2**
**nd**
**May 2025**

We are looking to recruit to a Arboricultural Officer role.

The purpose is to undertake risk management of ash dieback disease and on-board additional trees from service directorates land portfolios, so that the trees will come into routine inspection and management. The ash dieback management will involve safety inspection, to arrange ecological assessment through other staff, arrange work programme, public communications, felling licences, specify work and oversee the site specific jobs through our main contractor.

Based at Bower Ashton Depot, Ashton Court Estate, Bristol, the Tree Management Team is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic person with a minimum qualification of Level 3 in Arboriculture or equivalent.

You will be part of a team of 6 Arboricultural Officers and will be inspecting and managing Council owned trees in the across the City. You will also be giving technical advice to non-tree trained people. This will be both within the Council and to customers. You need to be able to make decisions about tree management based on current industry research, QTRA and the relevant British Standards.

You will also need to have excellent communication skills, to be happy working on your own and managing your own workload and be able to travel around the City to carry out job requirements, within the required time frames. Please note you will

This is a great opportunity for someone to gain local authority experience in the field of arboriculture. We want someone with a good knowledge base who wants to learn new skills and who can help develop new ideas.

**What’s in it for me?**

You will learn a lot. The current team has a wealth of knowledge and experience that you will benefit from. As a member of the Arboricultural Association, we receive discounts on other training, and wherever possible you will receive pest and diseases update training from

organisations such as the Forestry Commission.

**Why Bristol City Council?**

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation.

Join us and you will receive a generous rewards package including flexible working and flexi-time, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you will be working in a supportive environment where you will have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

**How do I apply?**

**For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.
**For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.**

**If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.**
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